my plan for friday.
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lwoodblooI'm working till 430, then I'm coming home to meet with the husband of the director of jeff's theater group. He's carrying the torch.
Then I'm going to this:
8:00 SPECIAL PRESENTATION!
Eric Zala
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
1982-1989, 100 minutes, video. Produced by Chris Strompolos; camera/special effects by Jayson Lamb. Starring Zala, Strompolos, and Angela Rodriguez.
An extremely rare presentation of the semi-legendary shot-for-shot remake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK made by three 12-year-olds in Mississippi. Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, and Jayson Lamb started shooting in 1982 – and didn't have a clue what they were getting themselves into. Their production wrapped in 1989, and was shelved and forgotten until 2003 when Eli Roth (CABIN FEVER) screened a bootleg copy in the middle of the night at Austin's legendary Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The rest is history.
[A feature film based on the filmmakers' story is now in production with Dan (GHOST WORLD) Clowes penning the script, which resulted in producer Scott Rudin and Paramount Pictures buying the intellectual property rights to their childhood. How weird is that?]
"Nothing short of stunning. Everything is here – the rolling boulder, the live snakes, the heart-thudding truck sequence, and everywhere flames, flames, flames. The boys have made a few inventive substitutions – a puppy dog stands in for a monkey, a boat for a plane. But even more impressive are the things they don't substitute – a submarine, a truck on fire, a melting face, the same copy of a 1936 Life magazine used in the original. This is not 'cute' or 'impressive considering their age' – it is a genuine virtuoso work.
The film is a crowd-pleaser, turning all the RAIDERS action – clichéd after 20 years of imitation – into a new and genuinely startling viewing experience. How will they do this next scene? How can they pull that stunt off? And don't forget that these kids are literally growing up in front of the camera. Voices deepen, hairstyles change, the hero grows stubble, the heroine grows breasts. Though writers abuse this phrase…it's like nothing you've seen before." –Sarah Hepola, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Then I'm going to this:
8:00 SPECIAL PRESENTATION!
Eric Zala
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
1982-1989, 100 minutes, video. Produced by Chris Strompolos; camera/special effects by Jayson Lamb. Starring Zala, Strompolos, and Angela Rodriguez.
An extremely rare presentation of the semi-legendary shot-for-shot remake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK made by three 12-year-olds in Mississippi. Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, and Jayson Lamb started shooting in 1982 – and didn't have a clue what they were getting themselves into. Their production wrapped in 1989, and was shelved and forgotten until 2003 when Eli Roth (CABIN FEVER) screened a bootleg copy in the middle of the night at Austin's legendary Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The rest is history.
[A feature film based on the filmmakers' story is now in production with Dan (GHOST WORLD) Clowes penning the script, which resulted in producer Scott Rudin and Paramount Pictures buying the intellectual property rights to their childhood. How weird is that?]
"Nothing short of stunning. Everything is here – the rolling boulder, the live snakes, the heart-thudding truck sequence, and everywhere flames, flames, flames. The boys have made a few inventive substitutions – a puppy dog stands in for a monkey, a boat for a plane. But even more impressive are the things they don't substitute – a submarine, a truck on fire, a melting face, the same copy of a 1936 Life magazine used in the original. This is not 'cute' or 'impressive considering their age' – it is a genuine virtuoso work.
The film is a crowd-pleaser, turning all the RAIDERS action – clichéd after 20 years of imitation – into a new and genuinely startling viewing experience. How will they do this next scene? How can they pull that stunt off? And don't forget that these kids are literally growing up in front of the camera. Voices deepen, hairstyles change, the hero grows stubble, the heroine grows breasts. Though writers abuse this phrase…it's like nothing you've seen before." –Sarah Hepola, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
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Date: 2007-07-07 04:03 am (UTC)I want to come out to see you guys this summer; it's been years, and I miss you and B's crazy.
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Date: 2007-07-09 04:05 pm (UTC)As for checking more often, I get your RSS feed, so I know as soon as you post :P It's just hard to get into the city on no notice. I did, however, take your recommendation in the fall and do the corn maze, which was an awesome day out!